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Washington County judges say courthouse still has ‘miserable’ humidity after three-week closure due to black mold
An August air quality test showed “significantly contaminated” mold levels in courtrooms, lobbies, judges’ offices and jury rooms.
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Roanoke Valley
Another plan is in the works for Roanoke’s most hotly debated piece of undeveloped land. Will this one be the catalyst for a decision?
“We’re not in this to produce some result that is not what the community wants,” said one of the leaders involved.
New River Valley
A small patch could save lives from fentanyl overdoses and become a platform for other medical uses, Virginia Tech researchers say
The device, which detects the powerful opioid and releases an antidote, has been tested in mice, with use in humans at least four years away.
Lynchburg Area
State approves 11 new historical markers, including one in Lynchburg
That marker will recognize Lt. Gen. George G. Loving Jr., who grew up in the city and went on to a long military career that spanned 1942 to 1979.
Southwest: Bristol and Beyond
Haysi mayor to be released on bond until November court date
He is not permitted to go on town property or contact town employees.
danville area
Avio CEO at Hurt groundbreaking: ‘We chose Virginia because of this area’
Gov. Abigail Spanberger attended the event, saying the project represents the next generation of manufacturing.
Martinsville area
Martinsville’s warming center finds a new home at Soul Winners International Ministries
It has been located at the Salvation Army on Memorial Boulevard.
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Sports
He was shot in the head twice and survived. Now he’s being inducted into a Virginia university’s sports hall of fame.
The former Emory & Henry star still has one of the bullets in his head from a 1986 armed robbery.
WEATHER
The great reservoir refill of 2002. Can that repeat in 2026?
An El Niño-charged weather pattern washed away an extreme Virginia drought in three months 24 years ago.
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Patrick Henry’s secret plan to extend Virginia westward during the revolution
George Rogers Clark gets the historical credit for “the conquest of the Northwest,” as the land between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi was then called. It was Henry who authorized the military action as a secret mission on behalf of Virginia, not the United States.
headlines from across the state
Headlines from across the state: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts resolves first ownership claim involving art made under slavery; more …
From elsewhere: Kiggans faces questions over financial industry money and consumer protection votes. Albemarle registrar sends out mail-in ballots without required postage. Local food aid program loses federal funding, but maintains state support.
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